Got one upper idler finished, it holds the track up a lot better with no sagging.

Tomorrow (if I have time) I'm going to get the carb back on it and get it running, I'm needing to move it closer to the welder so I can get the other side welded up. Once the other side is welded into place, I'm taking it out for a test drive!

But I hope the brakes are working, I had a little trouble with them earlier but I guess I'll see what happens.

While I'm waiting I went ahead and started on the rear lift. It's kind of a solid 3-pt, it's not going to have any movement side to side, I'm going to build it like a quick attach so I can still use my 3-pt implements.

I used a Allis Chalmers WD Snap Coupler for the lift, it was a little wide so I cut 6" out of it.

So far it looks like it's going to work well, I'm going to put the lift cylinders under the fenders beside the brake linkages. I put the front blade on today, just as I thought, the garden tractor is now sitting to high, so the blade is angled forward and it is a inch off the ground when it is lowered all the way, but I'm going to work on that later.

Going to mount the valves in the tank and have the levers stick up through the top of the tank, also going to mount the fuel tank in the back of the tank. Then I'm going to hinge the piece I cut off the tank for a lid for easy access.

I'm going to put the hydraulic reserve tank on the right, inside of the other blue tank.

I'm putting the 3 spool valve on the loader so I will have hydraulics for a 4-in-one bucket (already have it built), then I am going to put 2, 2 spool valves in the left blue tank for the 2 hydraulic ports on the front and one on the rear of the tractor, the other valve will be used for the 3-pt.

Hope all of this makes sense,

I know how I'm going to do it, but it sounds more confusing when I try to type it out

The 3 spool valve is off of the JD 140, one 2 spool valve is off of the Kwick-Way Loader and the other 2 spool valve is what I believe it to be off of a Kubota.

I have a tendency to hoard hydraulic equipment, one corner of the shed is full of cylinders and valves of all sizes, I have hydrostatic units for larger machinery and I have lots of pumps and motors. One motor I have is over a 16" long, it is brand new and still has the original plugs in it.